Guide to Asbestos Diseases and the Legal Claims Process

Helen, our mesothelioma client

Helen's Story

"As a mother of two teenage daughters and a younger

Helen, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in August 2021 and started chemotherapy in September 2021.

stepdaughter, this diagnosis has been devastating. You always think of asbestos as a disease from decades ago – affecting men who worked in heavy industry – so to be diagnosed in my 30s is shocking."

Thompsons Solicitors is investigating whether asbestos was present at the school and college where she studied as a child or the hospital she worked as an advanced critical care practitioner. Helen has set up her own blog called ‘It is what it is’ to document her journey following a mesothelioma diagnosis to help raise awareness of more young people and women like herself having an asbestos-related disease.

Scan the QR code on the right to visit Helen's blog: 'It is what it is'

www.thompsons.law

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